RCare World: A Human-centric Simulation World for Caregiving Robots

Ruolin Ye,Wenqiang Xu,Haoyuan Fu,Rajat Kumar Jenamani,Vy Nguyen,Cewu Lu,Katherine Dimitropoulou,Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee,Ruolin Ye,Wenqiang Xu,Haoyuan Fu,Rajat Kumar Jenamani,Vy Nguyen,Cewu Lu,Katherine Dimitropoulou,Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee

We present RCareWorld, a human-centric simulation world for physical and social robotic caregiving designed with inputs from stakeholders. RCareWorld has realistic human models of care recipients with mobility limitations and caregivers, home environments with multiple levels of accessibility and assistive devices, and robots commonly used for caregiving. It interfaces with various physics engines...